Our staff is composed of many talented, nurturing, and dedicated individuals. Several are parents of former Covenant students who have now returned to help educate the next generation. Combined, the staff has over an amazing 75 years of experience in Early Childhood Education!

Tina • 13 years with Covenant

Karen • 1st year with Covenant

Jackie • 9 years with Covenant

Tina has been the Executive Director of Covenant Nursery School for the last thirteen years. She has a Bachelor's Degree in Psychology from Northwestern University and a Masters of Education, specializing in Early Childhood Education from the Erikson Institute (a graduate school specializing in child development) here in Chicago. Prior to having her own children and taking a few years off, she was Assistant Director of Baby Toddler Nursery in Evanston. She is married with three children, all of which are Covenant graduates!

We are happy to welcome Karen as a new lead teacher in the multi-age Turtle Stars classroom. Some of you might know her from running the Parent's Day Out program for the past 20 years. Karen has completed extensive early childhood education coursework and has immense experience with preschool aged children. She also taught for many years at the Oakton Community College Lab School in a multi-age classroom.

Jackie is a lead teacher in the multi-age Turtle Stars classroom. She has a great deal of experience working with children and is looking forward to meeting many new families. She has a Bachelor's Degree in Art from DePaul University and a Master's Degree in Art Therapy from the Adler School of Professional Psychology. She loves teaching the after school enrichments like Hands on Art, Mix-It-Up and Dance, Dance, Dance!!

Allison • 13 years with Covenant

Elizabeth • 13 years with Covenant

Kim • 6 years with Covenant

Allison is a lead teacher in the multi-age Turtle Champs Room. She also loves using her musical background to teach Turtle Tunes and her love of nature and the outdoors to teach Nature Explorers, both enrichment classes. She has taught young children since 1988 - that's over 29 years of experience! She has a Masters degree in Music as well as additional coursework in Early Childhood Education.

Elizabeth is a lead teacher in the Turtle Two's and Young Three's classes. She enjoys teaching a very popular enrichment class as well - yoga! She has three children who all graduated from Covenant, during which time she served as Board President and the helped the school achieve its initial NAEYC accreditation - a huge undertaking! She has a Bachelor of Arts in Anthropology from Beloit College and has over thirteen additional years of experience teaching young children.

Kim is a Floater Teacher/Director Designee. She is married with two children of her own. She has over 25 years of professional early childhood experience in addition to the wealth of knowledge she gained raising her own children. She has an Associate's Degree in Early Childhood Education from Oakton Community College and has completed some of the coursework toward a Bachelor's Degree in Early Childhood Administration.

Jackie • 12 years with Covenant

Jackie is an assistant teacher in the Turtle Two's and Young Three's classes. In addition to her experience at Covenant, Jackie is a mom of four children - which naturally brings a wealth of practical experience and knowledge to our program! In total, she has over twelve years of Early Childhood Education experience.